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The Met returns looted Sumerian and Babylonian artifacts to Iraq • May 20, 2025, 2:46 PM ET (Jerusalem Post)
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Also Known As the Met
Date 1870 - present
Areas Of Involvement Met Gala • How Do You Get an Invite to the Met Gala?
Related People William Henry Vanderbilt • Richard Morris Hunt • John Frederick Kensett • Benjamin Altman • Luigi Palma di Cesnola

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“Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty”
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Claude Monet: Chrysanthemums
Andreas Achenbach: Sunset After a Storm on the Coast of Sicily
Pinturicchio: The Chariot of Ceres
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The Fortune-Teller, oil on canvas by Georges de La Tour, probably the 1630s; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. (101.9 x 123.5 cm.) (The Fortune Teller)
10 Paintings You Should See at the Met in New York City